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. 2011 Jul 28;343:d4044. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4044

Table 1.

 Discounted outcomes for intervention achieving given relative risk reduction sustained over 10 years

Relative risk reduction Cases prevented (×1000) Deaths prevented (×1000) Life years gained (×1000) QALYs gained (×1000) Total savings (£m) Annual equivalent savings (£m)
0.001 2 0.3 7 10 26 3
0.005 12 1.7 37 49 132 15
0.01 25 3.5 74 98 265 31
0.02 50 7.0 149 197 530 62
0.03 75 10 224 295 796 93
0.04 100 14 299 394 1063 123
0.05 125 18 374 493 1330 154
0.06 150 21 449 592 1597 186
0.07 175 25 524 692 1865 217
0.08 201 28 600 791 2133 248
0.09 226 32 675 891 2402 279
0.1 251 35 751 990 2671 310
0.15 378 53 1132 1492 4024 467
0.2 507 71 1516 1997 5389 626
0.25 637 89 1903 2507 6766 786
0.3 768 108 2294 3021 8155 947
0.35 900 126 2689 3540 9557 1110
0.4 1033 145 3088 4062 10 971 1275
0.45 1168 164 3490 4589 12 397 1440
0.5 1304 183 3895 5121 13 836 1607

QALY=quality adjusted life year.